and of course themes tend to make people write 'n' send. But they can also inspire.

And sometimes themes can be broad enough to cover poems that have already been stewed?

And there are cases when you ponder the theme and then realise that a poem from the C-file would fit and work well if changed in ways that...you come to realise...would be to the good. I rather like this last possibility...the inspiration of looking at an old poem from a different angle.

Seth

We fray into the future, rarely wrought Save in the tapestries of afterthought. Richard Wilbur

David wrote:I've just started reading What is Geopoetics? Oo-er. But that could just be my Philistine first impression, and I really shouldn't be a Philistine.

Dunno much (indeed anything) about it. I'm just dropping of this sack o'spuds at the back door. I did briefly meet Norman Bissell once, who sort of runs it perhaps. I had not realised there was a mag. Will be inspecting. But I approve of any poetry mag connected to the Isle of Luing (where he is from).

We fray into the future, rarely wrought Save in the tapestries of afterthought. Richard Wilbur

And it's worth trying. I sent six off, as a direct result of Seth's nudge here - three ekphrastic and three not - and they accepted one of each, pretty much by return. That's a more than acceptable hit rate.

And it's worth trying. I sent six off, as a direct result of Seth's nudge here - three ekphrastic and three not - and they accepted one of each, pretty much by return. That's a more than acceptable hit rate.